# विच्
## Sanskrit
### Alternative forms

* वेच् (vec)

### Alternative scripts

* ৱিচ্ (Assamese script)
* ᬯᬶᬘ᭄ (Balinese script)
* বিচ্ (Bengali script)
* 𑰪𑰰𑰓𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀯𑀺𑀘𑁆 (Brahmi script)
* ဝိစ် (Burmese script)
* વિચ્ (Gujarati script)
* ਵਿਚ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌵𑌿𑌚𑍍 (Grantha script)
* ꦮꦶꦕ꧀ (Javanese script)
* 𑂫𑂱𑂒𑂹 (Kaithi script)
* ವಿಚ್ (Kannada script)
* វិច៑ (Khmer script)
* ວິຈ຺ (Lao script)
* വിച് (Malayalam script)
* ᠸᡳᢜ (Manchu script)
* 𑘪𑘱𑘓𑘿 (Modi script)
* ᠸᠢᢋ (Mongolian script)
* 𑧊𑧒𑦳𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐰𑐶𑐔𑑂 (Newa script)
* ଵିଚ୍ (Odia script)
* ꢮꢶꢗ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆮𑆴𑆖𑇀 (Sharada script)
* 𑖪𑖰𑖓𑖿 (Siddham script)
* විච් (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩾𑩑𑩡 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚦𑚮𑚏𑚶 (Takri script)
* விச் (Tamil script)
* విచ్ (Telugu script)
* วิจฺ (Thai script)
* ཝི་ཙ྄ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒫𑒱𑒔𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨭𑨁𑨣𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *wayč- (“to sift, separate”) (compare Persian بیختن (bixtan, “to sift, sieve”)), traditionally derived from Proto-Indo-European *weyk- (“to separate, choose, set aside”), an extension of *wey- (“to separate”) (though Cheung and Mayrhofer find this doubtful). If so, then cognate with Proto-Germanic *wīhaz (“sacred, holy”), Old Norse vé (“temple, sanctuary”), Latin victima, English witch.

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /ʋit͡ɕ/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /ʋit͡ɕ/

### Root

विच् • (vic)
* to sift, separate (esp. grain from chaff by winnowing)
* to separate from, deprive of
* to discriminate, discern, judge

#### Derived terms

* अवीविचत् (avīvicat)
* अवेचि (aveci)
* अवैक्षीत् (avaikṣīt)
* विङ्क्ते (viṅkte)
* विच्यते (vicyate)
* विनक्ति (vinakti)
* विविक्वस् (vivikvas)
* विविक्षति (vivikṣati)
* विवेक्षि (vivekṣi)
* विवेच (viveca)
* वेक्ता (vektā)
* वेक्तुम् (vektum)
* वेक्ष्यति (vekṣyati)

### References

* Monier Williams (1899) “विच्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0958/1.
* Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “विच्”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press
* William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 158
* Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “विच्”, in Walter Slaje, Jürgen Hanneder, Paul Molitor, Jörg Ritter, editors, Nachtragswörterbuch des Sanskrit [Dictionary of Sanskrit with supplements] (in German), Halle-Wittenberg: Martin-Luther-Universität, published 2016
* Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 576-7
* Cheung, Johnny (2007) Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 407-8
* Mallory, J. P. with Adams, D. Q. (2006) The Oxford Introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European World (Oxford Linguistics), New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 412
* Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 670
* Pokorny, Julius (1959) “1128”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 1128